Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1890
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TABLE IV.
SANITARY WORK, &c., DURING THE YEAR 1890.
Houses, &c., inspected and reported to the Vestry by the Medical
Officer of Health, and the Inspector of Nuisances.
Houses and other premises inspected
5970
4622
Notices served to execute works, &c.
Houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition, cleansed and
repaired, etc.
409
309
Houses disinfected, cleansed and purified
7
Cases of overcrowding abated
5 0
Houses closed as unfit for habitation
W.C.'s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed
197
217
Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed
Closets supplied with water
204
210
Defective drains repaired
246
Slopped drains cleared
166
Untrapped sinks trapped
9
Cesspools abolished
228
Badly paved yards repaired
66
Water receptacles cleansed and repaired
17
Houses supplied with water
34
Defective roofs repaired
59
Defective rain-shoots and gutters repaired
42
Offensive accumulations removed
78
Houses drained direct into the public sewer
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired
336
12
Lots of fowls which were a nuisance, removed
4
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed
75
Urinals and other offensive places cleansed
Slaughter-houses inspected and licensed
7
12
Cow-houses inspected and licensed
76
Bakehouses inspected
13
Cellar flaps repaired
24
Stables and other premises drained
51
Old brick drains relaid with stoneware glazed pipes
Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to
discharge in the open air
163
For providing the requisite means of ventilation by means of
excavating underground floors and inserting air bricks
578
For separating the water used for flushing w.c.'s. from that
used for ordinary purposes
472
103
Persons suffering from infectious diseases removed to Hospital
Dead bodies removed from rooms to mortuary upon Magistrates
Orders
8
81
Summonses taken out before Police Magistrates for not complying
with orders of the Vestry. (Finesinflicted £627s. 6d.)
Food destroyed—Trunks of Fish, 2; Bacon pieces, 62lbs.; Rabbits, 500
Baskets of Cherries, 15; I Leg of Pork; 1 Pig's head; 56 tins Pineapple;
71 Cocoanuts; 9 pieces of Beef and Mutton.
Window Sashes made to open, 185; Window openings made for light
and ventilation, 346.
HENRY THOMAS, Sanitary Inspector.
TABLE IV. SANITARY WORK, &c., DURING THE YEAR 1890. Houses, &c., inspected and reported to the Vestry by the Medical Officer of Health, and the Inspector of Nuisances.
Houses and other premises inspected | 5970 |
Notices served to execute works, &c. | 4622 |
Houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition, cleansed and repaired, etc. | 409 |
Houses disinfected, cleansed and purified | 309 |
Cases of overcrowding abated | 7 |
Houses closed as unfit for habitation | 50 |
W.C.'s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed | 197 |
Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed | 217 |
Closets supplied with water | 204 |
Defective drains repaired | 210 |
Slopped drains cleared | 246 |
Untrapped sinks trapped | 166 |
Cesspools abolished | 9 |
Badly paved yards repaired | 228 |
Water receptacles cleansed and repaired | 66 |
Houses supplied with water | 17 |
Defective roofs repaired | 34 |
Defective rain-shoots and gutters repaired | 59 |
Offensive accumulations removed | 42 |
Houses drained direct into the public sewer | 78 |
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired | 336 |
Lots of fowls which were a nuisance, removed | 12 |
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed | 4 |
Urinals and other offensive places cleansed | 75 |
Slaughter-houses inspected and licensed | 7 |
Cow-houses inspected and licensed | 12 |
Bakehouses inspected | 76 |
Cellar flaps repaired | 13 |
Stables and other premises drained | 24 |
Old brick drains relaid with stoneware glazed pipes | 51 |
Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air | 163 |
For providing the requisite means of ventilation by means of excavating underground floors and inserting air bricks | 578 |
For separating the water used for flushing w.c.'s. from that used for ordinary purposes | 472 |
Persons suffering from infectious diseases removed to Hospital | 103 |
Dead bodies removed from rooms to mortuary upon Magistrates Orders | 8 |
Summonses taken out before Police Magistrates for not complying with orders of the Vestry. (Finesinflicted £627s. 6d.) | 81 |